Well from all the games I've been in it seems it goes something like this... The Brits hate the US and the US hate the Brits and all the other countries are just kind of mixed in between.

I do not understand the hatred toward the United States. I am not ignorant enough to say that the US is the "best, brightest, and strongest", and that we should simply ignore what occurs in other countries. However, I am stunned by the crticism that not only US citizens display against their own country, but what other countries associate Americans to be.

Is it not ignorant to assume that most Americans wouldn't know another leader of another country? The fact that our nation has been plagued with people that seem to "get off" on criticizing the country they live in, is appalling. However, my own personal opinion aside, these people, in our own country, have the right to criticize the United States according to our Bill of Rights. It is their right to say what they want, as long as it does not harm others in doing so, so let them have their rights.

As for the people of other countries, there is a reason that the US is hated by these people. Some countries, like Iraq and Afghanistan, have legitimate reasons to hate us, as we have forcefully occupied their respective countries. However, other countries can not hate us for that reason, countries like Britain for example. My own personal belief is that the only reason the US is the topic of discussion in all of these countries is because we have extended our sphere of influence over the entire globe. Said in many newspaper articles "when the US Sneezes, the World catches a cold". It's the simple fact that our economy has become so massive that whatever we decide to do affects the entire world.

If a country that had this much power did something stupid or something ignorant, would it not be displayed on a global scale? We are criticized the most often because the United States is simply so massive in its economic influence. This means that we should indeed be a better example to the world as far as our educational, military, and other actions are. However, the idea that simply because we make a mistake that our nation can be associated into one simply type of stereotype is plain ignorance. People of other countries judge Americans on a different scale for the same reason that African Americans are looked at differently by Caucasians, they are something completely different from what they are typically used to. It is the same type of thinking that eventually leads to racism, sexism, and other types of discrimination.

Watch the movie Avatar. America feels as if we have to take everything we want/need.

We are the bullies of the world, and no one likes a bully.

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